GALAPAGOS MARINE TURTLE

We thought they were saved

An episode from the series EXTINCTIONS / SAVED FROM EXTINCTION

Format: HD
Duration: 52’
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Available versions: French | English
Rights: All Rights | Worldwide

Synopsis

Why do turtles choose to mate with representatives of another species?

This film puts forward a hypothesis. For turtles, the sex of the babies depends on the ambient temperature when the embryo develops in its egg, so it may be that the demography of some species has been modified by global warming. Therefore, the shortage of males or females in one species would push its individuals to mate with members of another species.